what synth/preset? on beastie boys - root down

fletriste · Post by **fletriste** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:14 pm

does anyone know what synth/patch/preset produces the short funky synth riff that is played about every few bars quite high on root down by the bestie boys - sounds slightly 'organy' but a bit more resonant/digital tonally.

I'm sure i hear it absolutely loads on techno/dance tracks and it really cuts through and comes into its own at high volume levels.

I'm 99.9% sure it is just a preset on a dx or something - i just can't work it out!

Post by **wiss** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:46 pm

go check out the remix of that from the cd single, I remember it being 100% better than the cut on the record

synapsecollapse · Post by **synapsecollapse** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:49 pm

it was actually a cut from jimmy smith's "root down" so im guessing it was actually a b3.

wardshorsehead · Post by **wardshorsehead** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:16 am

synapsecollapse wrote:it was actually a cut from jimmy smith's "root down" so im guessing it was actually a b3.

yeps.

Brando · Post by **Brando** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:40 am

Indeed the song is almost all constructed from the Root down sample. Thats one of my favourite songs. (the origional Jimmy Smith version) Also the Beastie boys version is where the Prodigy got the "Oh my god that's the funky s**t!" sample from Funky s**t. Come to think of it, Fat Of The Land is one of my favourite albums as well.

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:28 pm

I have nothing to add except to say I was just listening to this song - for this first time in 10 years - probably not within two hours of this original thread...

Weird!

fletriste · Post by **fletriste** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:27 pm

ok so the Hammond B-3 organ was on the root down tune:

but does anyone else recognise that tone from dance tunes?

Further still - what are people using to recreate this sound?

eg. E-mu B-3?

Brando · Post by **Brando** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:03 pm

Early 90's dance music was rife with that "organ bass" patch, most likely from a D-50 or a DX-7 or something like that. Granted it doesn't sound at all like the huge bass you can get out of a real B-3, it was a real staple in house music for quite a while.